{"id":14233,"date":"2019-02-14T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/instagram-confirms-that-a-bug-is-causing-follower-counts-to-change-updated.html"},"modified":"2019-02-14T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:55:23","slug":"instagram-confirms-that-a-bug-is-causing-follower-counts-to-change-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/instagram-confirms-that-a-bug-is-causing-follower-counts-to-change-updated.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram confirms that a bug is causing follower counts to change (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:<\/strong> Instagram <\/a> says the issue will be fixed by 9AM PST on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Update: we\u2019re expecting to have this issue resolved by 9 a.m. PST tomorrow. We understand this is frustrating, and our team is hard at work to get things back to normal.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Instagram (@instagram) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Instagram confirmed today that an issue has been causing some accounts\u2019 follower numbers to change. Users began noticing the bug about 10 hours ago and the drastic drop in followers caused some to wonder if Instagram was culling inactive and fake accounts, as part of its fight against spam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re aware of an issue that is causing a change in account follower numbers for some people right now. We\u2019re working to resolve this as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Instagram (@instagram) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re aware of an issue that is causing a change in account follower numbers for some people right now. We\u2019re working to resolve this as quickly as possible,\u201d the company said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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why did I just lose over half a million followers @instagram<\/a> wyd sis<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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so I just lost like 4K on Instagram and it unfollowed like 100 people within a matter of minutes? what\u2019s going on \ud83d\ude29<\/p>\n

like I\u2019m not mad about my follower count cause I\u2019d rather have less spam followers and better engagement but like why is it unfollowing people?!<\/p>\n

\u2014 stephanie duran (@ItsSteephh) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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INSTAGRAM FOLLOWER CULL \ud83d\udcc9<\/p>\n

Last night Instagram removed inactive \/ bot accounts from all accounts, globally.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve woken up to an inbox full of messages from concerned people \/ influences and brands who have in some cases, lost millions of followers while they were asleep!\ud83e\udd2d\ud83d\ude05 pic.twitter.com\/ItUXqqmwQT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Bartlett (@stevebartlettsc) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Instagram bug comes a few hours after a Twitter bug messed with the Like count on tweets<\/a>, causing users to wonder if accounts were being suspended en masse or if they were just very bad at tweeting.<\/p>\n

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Update: Instagram says the issue will be fixed by 9AM PST on Thursday. Update: we\u2019re expecting to have this issue resolved by 9 a.m. PST tomorrow. We understand this is <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,7,14,15,6,12,11],"class_list":["post-14233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-update","tag-computer-news","tag-downloads","tag-microsoft-download-news","tag-networking-updates","tag-technology-update","tag-wordpress-plugin-download","tag-wordpress-theme-download"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t